About AGO at Fresno State

Alpha Gamma Omega is the Christ-Centered Fraternity at Fresno State reestablished on August 29, 2009!

Nationally it is active on campuses all over California, Colorado, and North Carolina! AGO has been a place for Christian brothers to participate in Greek life without having to worry about questioning their morals and values.

Next semester we will be rushing our Tau class. Will you be part of history and be a brother? We’d love to have you!

Come check out rush and see what AGO is all about. You will have a chance to meet active brothers from the chapters, as well as the lovely ladies of Alpha Delta Chi, our sister sorority. All events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to attend! In order to pledge Alpha Gamma Omega, you must be a male attending Fresno State.

Early Beginnings of AGO

During the school year of 1926-27, three students at the University of California, Los Angeles met during lunch for prayer and fellowship. E. Harlan Fischer, Frank Young, and James Carter looked forward to the establishment of a Christian Club on campus, and so Fischer sent letters out to 35 students over the Christmas break. A dinner meeting was held for these young men at the Green Dragon Cafe on January 7, 1927, and 16 gathered there to discuss their possibilities.

Those present at the cafe felt that a fraternity, founded on Christian ideals and fellowship, would be more reputable than a Christian Club, so E. Harlan Fischer appointed a committee to draw up a Constitution. This Constitution was submitted and accepted at the first official meeting of the Fraternity on February 15, 1927, and 12 men signed as charter members.

The obvious name for the Fraternity to these men was Alpha Omega, though it was discovered that such a fraternity already existed. Bailey Oswald suggested the insertion of Gamma, the third letter of the Greek alphabet, representing Christ, who is the center of the Alpha Gamma Omega fraternity.

In a 1944 letter to the Alpha Chapter (UCLA), founder E. Harlan Fischer wrote, “the primary purpose of AGO was to provide Christian fellowship for born-again men thrown into an atmosphere of Godlessness and to give forth a testimony to others of the saving and keeping the power of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

To that end, they quickly realized that the Fraternity members must be Christians, born again in Christ, knowing they are “redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.” So today, nearly 90 years later, the Fraternity is still committed to the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. May we never be compromised.

Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman who needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15